Loving these Punctuation Pals

Such a fun filled way to give personality to punctuation and reinforce the purpose of each. Without spoiling it, I love the punctuation fun fact that gets included in the happily ever after.

The illustrations featured an exciting adventure with many sub-categories to generate discussions.

This would be a great book as a classroom/group lesson to creatively reinforce prior lessons about punctuation. If a child is struggling it might be a great conversation starter one on one to work through their challenges and clarify.

I received a copy of this book from Cheryl Olsten. I am voluntarily leaving a review. All opinions are my own.

What an awesome book!

The story is original: Involving many punctuation marks and taking them on a sailing trip. Along the way they meet all kinds of characters. It’s a fun and educative book.

The illustrations are lovely and very colourful.

I would recommend this book for sure!

This is the perfect story for any home schooler or story hour. With illustrations that have a delightful Alice in Wonderland feel as word come to life in their definition form and punctuation marks move through the world this delightful book shows the playful side of grammar that writers are so privileged to know. The text of the short picture book draws in readers to think about the how the actions of the punctuation marks are mirror in their use. Something this is a little jarring, but I think this opens up door for discussion for children about language works and can invigorate them to try some of the thinking and writing games on their own.

I think this will be a fun summer read to keep children thinking, learning, and reading. I see this as a ingenious way to fostering creativity and critical thinking. Partnered with books a child knows in their reading bracket, I could see scavenger hunts and literary explorations to bring about a delightful rainy day activities!

One of my most memorable teachers was the one-- the only one-- who tried to make grammar fun. There's not enough fun when it comes to learning the rules of language, but language is really fun! This book does such a great job of being informative and amusing. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

The book was beautifully written. Overall, the book was well written and I did really enjoy it. I cannot wait to buy this for my classroom! Thank you for this advance reading copy!

This book made me appreciate punctuation better. The explanations, the imagery, and how it all fits together to tell the story is just amazing. Great read for a young audience.

My students will love seeing punctuation as characters in this story! The illustrations were large and this would make a great read aloud for a class. This story was funny and sweet. I would recommend it for a K-2 class or kids under 8.

WOW I loved this book! What a cute premise, I don’t think I have seen any other book like this - with the punctuation as the characters! I loved the storyline and the art work was phenomenal! Truly, what a great book to add to your bookshelves!

Funny, cute, honestly I laughed out loud. I want to give this to 7th graders every time they don’t use punctuation at all in their sentences!

I had low expectations for a story about punctuation marks but I could not have been more wrong! A brilliantly clever story interwoven from the punctuation marks and their roles. I was thrilled to see a cameo role for pilcrow and a nod to the future of punctuation. Very clever illustration, particularly of the words. My only qualm is the difference between US and UK terminology makes this a little harder to use in UK, but it is so clever, I will be using it anyway!

This book is adorable. I love following the adventures of the punctuation marks as well as the snuck in lessons on how to use each mark correctly. the animals and such made of words and symbols is wonderful. This book is full of wonderful messages presented in a fun engaging way.

The punctuation marks don't feel appreciated and decide to go on an adventure. What will happen when they encounter an island of chaos, instead? This is a story about the importance of punctuation and finding renewed meaning.

As a fan of punctuation (team Oxford comma), this picture book had my attention from the beginning. It's very silly and the illustrations are so colorful and show a ton motion. This would be a fun way to bring up a discussion on punctuation in a school setting.

Thanks to Fleecydale Press and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

It was a thrilling adventure to join the Punctuation Marks on this journey! Cheryl Olsten's text is joyous and informative without being overwhelming to grasp! We learn the basics of how, where and why the four punctuations are used. The text reads along quite well with Sara Not's GORGEOUS illustrations!

Every page and spread has so many details you can take the time to look over and enjoy with your little one. The ISLAND OF CHAOS and how the chaos is visualised with words took my breath away. I flipped the pages back and forth multiple times just to go over all the details, animals, words, objects, and more.

A delightful story with beautiful illustrations!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Mother of two here! This book was perfect for my 2nd grader who is working on improving her punctuation and story-telling. Cheryl Olsten does a wonderful job, as the context was perfect for my 8-year-old to interpret and explain to me. This adorable story reminded us of The Day The Crayons Quit. The illustrations were so creative, as the punctuation set sail to reach Island of Fun but ended up on the Island of Chaos. The word animals were so fun, my kids loved it! Anything with animals is a hit in our household. We really enjoyed this unique story and beautiful illustrations. We will definitely recommend this to our daughter’s 2nd grade teacher!

Thank you to NetGalley and Fleecydale Press for this eARC!